Foot-bath.



No. 672,923. Pa tentod Apr. 30, l90l.

BL A. STEVENS.

'FUUT BATH.

(Application filed Nov. 16, 1900.) (N0 Nodal.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT (31mins.

v BENJAMIN ABBOTT STEVENS, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

FOOT- SPECIFIGATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 672,923, datedApril 30, 1901.

BATH.

Application filedNovember 16, 1900. Serial masses. \Nomodel.)

have invented a certain new and useful Im-.

provement in Fod't-Baths; and I declarethe following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention,'such as will enableothers skilled in the art'to which it pertains to make and usethe same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to foot-baths; and the object of my improvements isto provide an improved apparatus for applying water at a hightemperature to the foot and lower part of the leg and maintaining saidtemperature constant or altering it by degrees, as desired. I securethis object by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinalsection.

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section.

The same letters indicatethe same parts in both views.

A is a tank, which I make of wood with the opposite sides parallel. B isa smaller tank having the general shape of the tank A and provided withflanges b around its upper edge. The tank B is placed within the tank A,concentric therewith, its flanges b resting upon the upper edge of thetank A and its bottom coming near to or upon the bottom of the tank A.The tank B being smaller than the tank A, an air-space a, surroundingthe former, is left between the two tanks,which tends to prevent theheat from escaping from the water and to keep the side walls of the tankA cool.

O is a false bottom resting upon ledges 0 near the bottom of the tank B.The false bottom 0 is provided with perforations 0 around its edge, andalong its center, where the foot rests, it is provided with heatinsulation 0 D is a tube extending downward from the .top of the tank,passing through a wall of the tank A, and entering the tank B below thefalse bottom 0.

dis a funnel at the top of the tube D.

E is a cock in the tube D.

F, Fig. 1, is a sheet-metal box, roughly triangular in shape andprovided with a hook F at its upper end, by which it may be suspendedupon the side of the tank.

. f is a bail or lug by which the. box F may be lifted.

r A weight of the same shape maybe. substituted for the box F. A

Thebox F is filled with sand or other heavy material and is of such alengththat its lower end will be a suflicient distance above the bottomof the tank B to permit the foot to pass under it, as indicated bydotted lines in Fig. 1, when it is hung inside ofsaid tank by the hookF.

g The operation of the above-described device is asfollows: The foot isplaced upon the false bottom 0 in thetank B, and the box F f is hung inplace, as indicated in Fig. 1. Wa-

ter at a moderate temperature is now poured into the funnel d, descendsthe tube D, and

enters the tank B below the false bottom G and rises in said tankthrough the perforations in said bottom. The tank B may be filled orpartly filled in this way. When sufiicient water has been introducedinto the tank B, it will then be desirable to raise its temperature.poured into the funnel d and enters the tank B under the false bottom 0,from whence it gradually rises and warms the entire body of water. Ifthe tank B is as full as it is convenient to have it, some of the waterat the bottom, where the colder water willbe, is drawn out through thecock E, and said cock is then again closed and more water added throughthe funnel d and tube D, as above described.

The object of the box F is to occupy space, so that it will require lesswater to fill the tank.

What I claim is-- 1. In a foot-bath, the combination of a tank, a falsebottom provided with perforations near the edge, and beingheat-insulated at its central portion, said false bottom being locatedin said tank ashort distance above the true bottom, a tube communicatingwith said tank between said bottoms, extending toward the top of saidtank and adapted to have water poured into it at its upper end, and acock upon said tube adapted to draw'water from pose set forth.

For this purpose hot water is' 2. A foot-bath consisting of an outertank A, an inner tank B, said tanks being so located with reference toeach other as to leave a space a, between them, a tube D, extendingthrough the tank A, communicating with the bottom of the tank B,extending outside of the tank A, to the level of the top of said tanks,said tube being open at its upper end, andsprovided with a cock E, belowits upper end outside of the tank A, substantially as described.

3. In a foot-bath, the combination of a tank, a removable weight adaptedto be supported in said tank as and for the purpose described,

BENJAMIN ABBOTT STEVENS.

Witnesses:

J. K. HAMILTON, ROY R. STUART.

